Balkovci 1 (Biriči)

While every house in Slovenia has a civic address, many houses also carry a household name. These names are how other people typically referred to that family. This house carries the name of Biriči. This name is derived from the Slovenian word for henchmen. They were medieval officers of the local lord in charge of collecting taxes from subject.

Through the period of our studies, we have found five distinct houses which originally carried the Balkovec surname in Balkovci. This is the first of the five houses (in order of house address). The Balkovec surname is only originally found in Hrast, Balkovci and Zilje.

The oldest record we have found to date for a person from this house is for Marko Balkovec. He married Ana Bahorič. Together, they had at least 1 child, including: